Meat-cutting machine.



E. M. BENTON.

MEAT CUTTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. ll. 1913. L 36,@48. Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

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WH VESSES. J VENTO/e. g/ L E /Hemcm y BY B. M. BENTON. MEAT CUTTNG MACHINE.

MPLIGATION HLED Mmm, 191s.

l 1 30,248. Patented Mar. 2, 191.5,

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m *he movemen* when the lxe bane o? Veen the same sew a pivoted arm, a pair of convergent knives pivotally mounted on said arm and disposed to sever the meat adjacent a bone of a joint prior to` its engagement With the saw, and a spring to yieldingly hold said arm against a movement about its pivot.

7. In a meat-cutting machine, a reciproeating carriage, a cutting element disposed to sever a joint of-meat carried thereon, mechanism on said carriage 'for advancing said joint, and an appliance including av spring held clamping member on the carriage for engagement with the joint, and a cam for disengaging said member from the joint during a determinate period in the movement of the carriage.

S. In a meat cutting machine, a reciprocating carriage, a cutting element disposed to sever a joint of meat carried thereon, mechanism on the carriage for advancing said joint, an appliance for holding the joint on the carriage, including a springcontrolled movable, upright, a second upright, and a member ymounted on said uprights to engage the joint,'and a cam disposed to engage the said movable upright for moving itA against the action or' its spring, during a determinate period in the movement of the carriage, foncompelling the said member to release the joint.

9. In a meat cutting machine,'a reciprocating carriage, a cutting element disposed to sever a ,joint of meat' carried thereon, mechanism on the carriage for advancing said joint, an appliance for holding the joint on the carriage, including a springcontrolled, movable upright, a member con- ...und with said upright to engage the joint,

and a cam disposed to engage the said upright for moving it against the action of its spring, during a determinate period in the movement of the carriage, for compelling the said member to release the oint.

l0. In a meat-cutting machine, a reciproeating carriage, a cutting element disposed to sever a joint of meat carried thereon, mechanism on the carriage for advancing said joint, an appliance for holding the joint on the carriage, including an upright adapted for bodily movement in a vertical plane, a member connected .with the upright to engage the joint, and a cam disposed to impellentljY engage said upright during adeterminate period in the movement of the carriage for compelling the said member to release the joint.

lll. ln a meatrcutting machine', a frame, a carriage mounted thereon reciprocation, a cuttingelement disposed to sever a joint of meat carried on the carriage, mechanism on the carriage for advancing the joint, a device mounted on the carriage and adapted for bodily movement in a vertical plane and normally securing the joint on the same, and a cani disposed on the frame to impellently engage the said device, for compelling it to release the joint, during a determinate period in the movement of the carriage.

In testimony whereof l have axed my signature in presence oit' two Witnesses.1

EARL M. BENTON.

AWitnesses 3'. HALL Joivns, J. E. Hoonnr. 

